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1 Soldo Armata and Morea
| Issuer | Republic of Venice |
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| Year | 1688-1691 |
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| Currency | Stato da Màr - Lira (1204-1797) |
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| Obverse lettering | S·MARC·VEN· *I* |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Struck specifically for military pay and petty transactions during the Morean War — Venice's surprisingly successful campaign that temporarily wrested the Peloponnese from Ottoman control under Francesco Morosini. The designation "Armata and Morea" marks this as a purpose-issued coinage for both the fleet and the occupied Greek territories, an administrative distinction Venice took seriously enough to authorize a dedicated type rather than circulate existing Venetian copper.
Morosini captured Athens in 1687, an operation that incidentally destroyed the Parthenon when a Venetian mortar round detonated Ottoman powder stores inside. This coin was in active military circulation at that moment.